About Balewal Village

Balewal is a small village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 439, made up of 231 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balewal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144522
Area (hectares)	154 hectares
Population	439
Male Population	231
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balewal compares

By the 2011 count Balewal is the 121st largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 154 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Balewal

Balewal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balewal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balewal from other places

Balewal lies about 44 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Anandpur Sahib, about 2.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Balewal
Nearest railway station	Anandpur Sahib	2.1 km
Nearest town	Nangal	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	26 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	44 km

Villages closest to Balewal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balachaur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Balewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Balewal village had a population of 439. That makes it the 121st largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Balewal village has 231 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balewal has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Balewal is 144522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balewal covers 154 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balewal falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balewal is Anandpur Sahib, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balewal.

Balewal is about 44 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balewal is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Anandpur Sahib is about 2.1 km away. Nangal is about 23 km away. Balachaur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.